In this part, I will talk about my experience with travel on Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston to Aberdeen*. More about my plan for a challenge can be found here: https://dominiksymonowicz.com/2018/07/23/doms-32-hours-on-trains-in-the-uk-challenge/ Table of contents for this report can be found here: https://dominiksymonowicz.com/2018/10/18/doms-32-hours-on-trains-in-the-uk-challenge-report-part-1-introduction/ On arrival, I was informed that the train will go as far as Dundee and… Continue reading Dom’s 32 Hours On Trains In the UK Challenge Report – part 3 – London Euston -> Aberdeen→

In this part, I will talk about some news about my trip before travel on the day of the start of my journey and on my experience at Virgin Train First Class Lounge. More about my plan for a challenge can be found here: https://dominiksymonowicz.com/2018/07/23/doms-32-hours-on-trains-in-the-uk-challenge/ Table of contents for this report can be found here: https://dominiksymonowicz.com/2018/10/18/doms-32-hours-on-trains-in-the-uk-challenge-report-part-1-introduction/ … Continue reading Dom’s 32 Hours On Trains In the UK Challenge Report – part 2 – Before travel→

Chinese people using first name and surname, but when they call somebody they start from the surname and then the first time. I wish to know that crucial information before I met my current wife as at the beginning for a half year, I call her by surname. From my experience, it is sporadic that… Continue reading About Chinese Names→

In this post, I would like to write about lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture. 六 and 八 are considered as lucky numbers so you can see people spend a fortune to be able to use 6's and 8's in their phone numbers, registration and so on. 四 is considered an unlucky number (as… Continue reading (Un)Lucky numbers in the Chinese culture.→

When you ask about age, you will use 几岁 or 多大. When you use 几岁 or 多大? If a person is under 10, then you use 几岁. Otherwise, you use 多大. I am not 100% sure, but apparently, it is nice to ask old people about age (even woman). Disclaimer: I am not qualified… Continue reading Difference between 几岁 and 多大 ( Age)→

I am a big fan of the challenges on the "Top Gear" and "The Grand Tour", and I like to watch YouTube channels like @pauls_trips, @DennisBunnik and I even supported a legendary Geoff on Patreon in his epic adventure to do @allthestations in the UK. I always wanted to do these kinds of things, but I had "excuses"… Continue reading Dom’s 32 Hours On Trains In the UK Challenge – Plan→

This is my list of useful tips and advices from my experience with flying to China. I hope you will find them useful too. Do make a copy of your passport, driving licence and/or ID card and email them to yourself. It’s also a good idea to take photos of these and save them to… Continue reading Preparations to travel to China→

I visited this station on 1.09'2017. Aldgate East station was opened on 6.10'1884. It is in the City of London. It quite lovely station with few exciting elements like a clock below: It is one of the older stations on the network. These are interesting facts I found: Station was resited and re-opened on 31.10.1938 The… Continue reading USS Dominik @ Aldgate East→

Aldgate station was opened on 18.11'1876. It is in the City of London. It is a terminus of Metropolitan Line. This station looks bit unloved and neglected but if TfL put some effort this station could look much better and have a great character. It is one of the older stations on the network and these… Continue reading USS Dominik @ Aldgate→

If you do not bother to read the whole article, then this is a main take away points: GOOD Battery life Accuracy The clock can be set up automatically. USB port Custom apps Auto-generated challenges BAD Pairing Bluetooth sync is challenging Unique USB port Garmin Support channels are useless as they provide ads but not… Continue reading Garmin Vivoactive HR review→

If you do not bother to read the whole article, then this is a main take away points: GOOD Plot On average episodes in the first season are much better than episodes in other TV series. Space shots Cast and character development Sound effects Intro Hugh-Paul relationship Klingon subtitles BAD Klingons Seasons Finale After Trek… Continue reading My thoughts on Star Trek Discovery Season 1→